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  • Title: [Comparison of cardiac output measurement in critical patients using transesophageal Doppler or thermodilution: a preliminary report].
    Author: Andresen M, Henríquez M, Mercado M, Farías G, Castillo C, Benítez C, Dougnac A.
    Journal: Rev Med Chil; 2005 Jul; 133(7):761-6. PubMed ID: 16341381.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Cardiac output can be measured non invasively by transesophageal Doppler. This is an alternative to measure it by thermodilution with a catheter in the pulmonary artery. AIM: To compare both methods of cardiac output measurement. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Simultaneous measurement of cardiac output by transesophageal Doppler and thermodilution with a catheter in the pulmonary artery in four male critical patients, aged 60+/-12 years, hospitalized in a University Hospital. The Bland and Altman method to compare the concordance between two measurements, was used. RESULTS: Forty measurements were performed. The results of both methods had a correlation coefficient of 0.98. According to the Bland and Altman method, the difference between both methods was -0.5 L with a precision of 0.52 L/min (95% confidence interval -1.51 to 0.52 L/min). Considering that a change between two sequential measurements is considered significant when the difference is more than 15%, both measurements agreed in 83% of cases, that there was a change in cardiac output. CONCLUSIONS: Transesophageal Doppler is a promising non invasive technique to measure cardiac output in critical care patients. It becomes a valid alternative to the thermodilution technique. This preliminary experience must be confirmed in a larger series.
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